New York: The Christian Herald. Very Good. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth covers with gilt titles to the cover and spine, a blind Imprint design to the front cover. The pages are unmarked, a spine break at the Half Title page, all pages are tight. A frontispiece, with tissue guard, of of Francis Miller, 20 full pages balck & white plates through the book. Wear to the spine ends, corners and cover edges. Fading to parts of the front cover. " Directly before you, are men who imperiled their lives for their country. Here are women who withstood the bitterest agonies for the sake of their beloved ones. Here is a child who fled into the arms of death to save those who were in danger. There is the soldier who led an army to victory. Here is a captain who brought a thousand lives safely to port." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 454 pages; Box 4 .

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Bookseller: Bytown Bookery (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23779
Title: Hero Tales From American Life
Author: Miller Francis Trevelyan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Christian Herald
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1909
Keywords: American History, Military
Bookseller catalogs: United States; Military;

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